Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis may have reiterated in every way and tone that the elections will take place in the Spring of 2027, but the order he gave to his executives and associates is to work until the first week of August as if they have an election... yesterday. This is because he observes in the qualitative research reaching Maximos Mansion that the needle is stuck, and the hope that the return of Tsipras would lead to rallying and upward movement does not seem to be justified by the findings recorded in the polls.
With an eye on oil
Of course, in Maximos Mansion, they are lighting candles and praying for the crisis with Iran to end—there is an agreement on the Iranian issue—so that the Strait of Hormuz opens and the problem of energy and oil prices does not turn into a swan song for the government. Such a development would be catastrophic for the New Democracy (ND) party, as the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) basket would necessarily be curtailed, limiting any efforts to reverse the climate. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has begun his tours, knows that his strategy of letting his opponents burn out during the warm-up, and for them to deflate by Spring, is nothing but wishful thinking, as the one who is... tired on the road to the polls is his own government.
Concern in Maximos Mansion
The government now has a political past, and it is being judged by the citizens. And while Maximos Mansion may attempt to dismiss the proposals of Tsipras and Androulakis as impractical or dangerous for leading the country to the rocks again, citizens are hearing something from the opposition after a long time, and the initial reactions, mainly among young people, are positive. This indicates the fatigue existing in society and the large divergence between the positive macroeconomic numbers for the government and what citizens experience in their daily lives. This has caused concern within Kyriakos Mitsotakis's team, and they are now pivoting with an order to find measures that will have an impact on a society that is already starting to distance itself from the government.
Promises have value
At the same time, Alexis Tsipras is not entering this contest without backing and communication support, and if his percentages remain high in the next round of polls to be released in early July, then for the first time in a long time, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will begin to operate under pressure. His efforts to close the front with former prime ministers ended in a fiasco, as a few hours after Samaras thought carefully about whether to hurt the faction that gave him a second chance and made him prime minister, a response followed to Mitsotakis regarding citizens' loans and the Supreme Court decision, which froze Maximos Mansion and showed that the Messenian politician will not back down.
The great return
In this climate, it appears that Kyriakos Mitsotakis has hastily recalled to his team an old acquaintance he used in previous elections, whom he had previously distanced himself from, blaming him for wrong advice. Now that things have tightened, they saw that it was not the American consultant who was sounding the alarm, but the mistakes and arrogance of the governing party and the associates of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. According to reports, the Prime Minister, seeing the communication weaknesses and failures, has re-enlisted Stan Greenberg, who is credited with the "example" of both the 3:00 AM phone call and the diploma that citizens received from Tsipras.
American methods
These are classic American methods, with which political opponents are targeted, but primarily the "American cavalry" will help Mitsotakis in the production of "black propaganda" aimed at opposition parties and the potential Samaras party. Greenberg possesses the technique, and with the help of social media, it will be material utilized by the Piraeus party headquarters and Maximos Mansion. Thomas Varvitsiotis, whose name had been mentioned for a candidacy in the Southern Sector of Attica, is also expected to return to the communication team. Both will meet with Th. Livanios and will conduct analyses of the measurements taken for Maximos Mansion to map out the strategy.
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